Crusaders FC

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League History

League	26/27	25/26	24/25	23/24	22/23	21/22	20/21	19/20	18/19	17/18	16/17	15/16	14/15
Friendlies Clubs cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·
Premiership	6	5	5	4	5	4	6	✓	✓	1	·	·	·
Irish Cup cup	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·
League Cup cup	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·
UEFA Europa Conference League cup	·	·	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Charity Shield cup	·	·	·	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
UEFA Europa League cup	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	✓	✓	✓	·	·	✓
UEFA Champions League cup	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	✓	·	✓	✓	·

Standings 2022

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
Premiership	5	38	67	+27
Premiership	5	33	62	+28

Recent Fixtures 2022

Players by Country

Northern Ireland 37 ▾

A. Lecky A. Steele B. Bradshaw B. Burns B. Doyle B. Kennedy B. Maguire C. Burns C. Hegarty C. Quinn C. Rafferty D. Caddell D. Larmour G. Thompson J. Boyd J. Forsythe J. McMurray J. O'Rourke J. Owens J. Robinson J. Tuffey J. Winchester Jack Patterson James Holland James Owens Joel Thompson L. Barr L. Patterson M. Pauley P. Heatley P. Lowry R. Clarke R. McEneaney R. McKeown R. Weir Ryan Kerr S. Morrow

England 2 ▾

C. Stewart M. Snelgrove

Republic of Ireland 2 ▾

D. Ebbe T. Murphy

Squad 2022

Goalkeeper 8 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
J. Tuffey Northern Ireland	36	0	1	0
J. Tuffey Northern Ireland	5	0	0	0
J. Tuffey Northern Ireland	4	0	0	0	6.5
T. Murphy Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	0
T. Murphy Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	0
M. Pauley Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
M. Pauley Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
Ryan Kerr Northern Ireland

Defender 26 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
B. Burns Northern Ireland	33	2		7	1
D. Larmour Northern Ireland	31	2		5	0
J. O'Rourke Northern Ireland	28	2		2	0
C. Hegarty Northern Ireland	28	2		3	0
J. Robinson Northern Ireland	19	0		2	1
R. McKeown Northern Ireland	17	0		1	0
R. McKeown Northern Ireland	4	0		1	0
B. Burns Northern Ireland	4	0		1	0
B. Burns Northern Ireland	4	2		1	0	6.5
J. Robinson Northern Ireland	4	0		0	0
J. O'Rourke Northern Ireland	4	0	1	1	0	6.6
D. Larmour Northern Ireland	4	0		1	0
D. Larmour Northern Ireland	4	0		1	0	6.6
C. Stewart England	4	0		1	0
C. Hegarty Northern Ireland	3	0		1	0	6.7
J. O'Rourke Northern Ireland	3	0		0	0
C. Hegarty Northern Ireland	2	0		0	0
C. Stewart England	1	0		0	0
L. Patterson Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
L. Patterson Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
R. McEneaney Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
B. Bradshaw Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
J. Robinson Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
R. McKeown Northern Ireland	0	0		0	0
Joel Thompson Northern Ireland
Jack Patterson Northern Ireland

Midfielder 27 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
P. Lowry Northern Ireland	35	17	9	0
J. Winchester Northern Ireland	32	1	2	0
J. Forsythe Northern Ireland	32	10	9	0
R. Weir Northern Ireland	28	0	5	0
G. Thompson Northern Ireland	19	0	5	0
D. Caddell Northern Ireland	16	1	6	0
L. Barr Northern Ireland	6	0	1	0
P. Lowry Northern Ireland	5	4	1	0
P. Lowry Northern Ireland	4	0	1	0	6.5
R. Weir Northern Ireland	4	0	0	0
J. Winchester Northern Ireland	4	0	0	0
J. Winchester Northern Ireland	4	1	0	0	6.5
J. Forsythe Northern Ireland	4	1	1	0	6.8
J. Forsythe Northern Ireland	4	1	0	0
R. Weir Northern Ireland	3	0	0	0	6.8
B. Kennedy Northern Ireland	3	0	0	0	7.3
B. Kennedy Northern Ireland	2	2	0	0
B. Kennedy Northern Ireland	2	0	0	0
G. Thompson Northern Ireland	2	0	0	0
L. Barr Northern Ireland	1	0	0	0
C. Burns Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0
B. Maguire Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
C. Quinn Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
L. Barr Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
C. Rafferty Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
A. Steele Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
James Owens Northern Ireland

Attacker 26 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red	Rating
A. Lecky Northern Ireland	33	7	4	0
R. Clarke Northern Ireland	32	5	7	0
P. Heatley Northern Ireland	27	11	5	1
J. Owens Northern Ireland	26	3	1	0
D. Ebbe Republic of Ireland	25	1	0	0
J. McMurray Northern Ireland	17	1	3	0
M. Snelgrove England	9	2	0	0
J. Boyd Northern Ireland	6	1	1	0
R. Clarke Northern Ireland	5	1	1	0
J. Owens Northern Ireland	5	1	0	0
P. Heatley Northern Ireland	4	1	1	0
P. Heatley Northern Ireland	4	1	2	0	6.1
R. Clarke Northern Ireland	4	0	1	0	6.0
J. McMurray Northern Ireland	4	0	1	0	6.3
A. Lecky Northern Ireland	4	1	2	0
J. Owens Northern Ireland	3	0	1	0	6.3
D. Ebbe Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	0
A. Lecky Northern Ireland	2	0	0	0
J. McMurray Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0
D. Ebbe Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	0
J. Boyd Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
S. Morrow Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
S. Morrow Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
B. Doyle Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
B. Doyle Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
James Holland Northern Ireland

Transfers

▲ In 45 ▾

Date	Player	From	Type
Jan 2026	C. Bruce	Airdrie United	Transfer
Aug 2025	O. McCart	Ards	Free agent
Jul 2025	E. Dunlop	Airdrie United	Player Swap
Jul 2025	K. McKechnie	Arbroath	Transfer
Jul 2025	K. Forsythe	Carrick Rangers	Transfer
Jun 2025	K. Forsythe	Carrick Rangers	Free agent
Jun 2025	B. Hamilton	Aberdeen	Free agent
Jun 2025	K. McKechnie	Arbroath	Free agent
May 2025	E. Dunlop	Airdrie United	Free agent
May 2025	Billy Vance	Ballyclare Comrades	Return from loan
Jun 2024	J. Teelan	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jan 2024	S. Nixon	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jan 2024	B. Doyle	Annagh United	N/A
Jan 2024	C. Burns	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2023	J. Williamson	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2023	L. Anderson	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jun 2023	A. Steele	Ards	N/A
Aug 2022	T. Murphy	Armagh City	N/A
Jun 2022	C. Quinn	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jun 2022	S. O'Neill	Ballymena United	N/A
Jan 2022	N. Shields	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jan 2022	M. Pauley	Armagh City	N/A
Jan 2022	J. Winchester	Ballymena United	N/A
Jul 2021	L. Patterson	Fleetwood Town U18	N/A
Oct 2020	A. Lecky	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2020	K. Owens	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2020	T. Mathieson	Ballyclare Comrades	N/A
Jun 2019	M. Kerr	Ards	N/A
Jul 2018	K. Owens	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2018	M. Ruddy	Ards	N/A
Jun 2018	Harry Doherty	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jun 2018	G. Thompson	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2018	M. Kerr	Ballinamallard United	N/A
Jun 2018	Ryan Nimick	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jan 2018	Mikel Suárez	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jul 2017	Mark Thomas McChrystal	Bristol Rovers	Free
Jan 2017	Mikel Suárez	Bishop's Stortford	N/A
Jun 2016	D. Cushley	Ballymena United	N/A
Aug 2015	Craig Gardiner	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2015	A. Mitchell	Annan Athletic	N/A
Jun 2015	J. Forsythe	Bangor	N/A
Jan 2015	Graeme McKibbin	Ards	Loan
Jun 2014	S. Cockcroft	Ards	N/A
Jul 2012	Gary McCutcheon	Ballymena United	N/A
Jul 2012	P. Heatley	Carrick Rangers	N/A

▼ Out 53 ▾

Date	Player	To	Type
Jan 2026	J. Ritchie	Bangor	-
Jan 2026	R. Donnelly	Ballyclare Comrades	Loan
Sept 2025	J. Boyd	Bangor	Transfer
Sept 2025	J. Boyd	Bangor	Free agent
Aug 2025	J. Boyd	Bangor	Free agent
Jul 2025	J. Callacher	Carrick Rangers	Transfer
Jul 2025	B. Burns	Carrick Rangers	Transfer
Jul 2025	A. Lecky	Carrick Rangers	Transfer
Jun 2025	J. Callacher	Carrick Rangers	Free agent
Jun 2025	A. King	Airdrie United	Free agent
Jan 2025	Billy Vance	Ballyclare Comrades	Loan
Aug 2024	P. Heatley	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jul 2024	B. Kennedy	Ballymena United	N/A
Jul 2024	C. Burns	Ballyclare Comrades	N/A
Jan 2024	J. Teelan	Carrick Rangers	Loan
Sept 2023	B. Doyle	Annagh United	Loan
Aug 2023	C. Burns	Ballymena United	Loan
Jun 2023	A. Steele	Ards	N/A
Jan 2023	Johnny Reid Black	Airbus UK	Free
Jan 2023	A. Steele	Ards	Loan
Jun 2022	S. O'Neill	Ballymena United	N/A
Jan 2022	S. O'Neill	Ballymena United	Loan
Sept 2021	N. Shields	Carrick Rangers	Loan
Aug 2021	T. Burns	Ballymacash Rangers	N/A
Jul 2021	D. Cushley	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Oct 2020	P. McElroy	Ballymena United	N/A
Jan 2020	K. Owens	Ballymena United	Loan
Jan 2020	T. Mathieson	Ballyclare Comrades	Loan
Sept 2019	Rory Patterson	Ballymacash Rangers	N/A
Aug 2018	L. Anderson	Carrick Rangers	Loan
Jun 2018	Craig McClean	Ards	N/A
Jun 2018	M. Kerr	Ards	Loan
Jan 2018	Ryan Nimick	Carrick Rangers	Loan
Jan 2018	M. Kerr	Ballinamallard United	Loan
Nov 2017	Mark McAllister	Annagh United	N/A
Jul 2017	M. O'Hanlon	Ballyclare Comrades	N/A
Jul 2017	Mikel Suárez	Carrick Rangers	Loan
Jun 2017	Michael Gault	Ballymena United	N/A
Jun 2017	R. Clarke	Ballinamallard United	N/A
Feb 2017	M. Kerr	Ballymena United	Loan
Aug 2016	Craig Gardiner	Bangor	N/A
Jan 2016	Stephen O'Flynn	Ballinamallard United	N/A
Jul 2015	Emmet Charles Friars	Ballinamallard United	N/A
Jun 2015	Nathan Hanley	Ballymena United	N/A
Jan 2015	Gary McCutcheon	Ballymena United	N/A
Aug 2014	D. McAllister	Ards	N/A
Aug 2014	Eamon McAllister	Ards	N/A
Jan 2014	T. Wray	Bangor	N/A
Jan 2013	A. Harris	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jul 2012	S. Dallas	Brentford	N/A
Jan 2012	K. Owens	Carrick Rangers	N/A
Jul 2011	R. Arthurs	Ards	N/A
Jan 2008	Greg Shannon	Carrick Rangers	N/A